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Western Digital Adds E-Ink Labels to External Hard Drives

Western Digital has introduced two new external hard drives with E-Ink labels show show name and capacity even when turned off, plus a new super-slim portable hard drive.
Computing News

Google and Verizon Bury the Hatchet, Partner on Android

Google and Verizon have announced a wide-ranging partnership to push Android devices on Verizon...and that includes support for Google Voice.
Phones Mobile

Search Engine Ask.com Searches For Deals So You Don’t Have To

Ask.com's new Ask Deals automatically aggregates online shopping deals and puts them front-and-center in search results...but will users click through?
Computing Deals

Phishers Post Over 10,000 Hotmail Account Passwords

Perpetrators of a phishing scheme published passwords to more than 10,000 HotMail accounts...and who knows how many more they have.
Computing News

Nintendo’s Wii Fit Plus Offers Customized Regimens

Nintendo's Wii Fit Plus offers individualized fitness regimens for every member of a household...and even lets users track their pets weights.
Gaming News

Toshiba Busts Out with Cell-powered Regza HDTV

Toshiba has formally unveiled its Cell-powered Regza 55X! HDTV...and it'll come with 3 TB of storage and the ability to record eight broadcast channels simultaneously.
Audio / Video News
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Xbox 360 gets more hours, but Wii streams more video

New data from Nielsen shows Xbox 360 users spend more time per week on their consoles...but Wii users spend a bigger portion of their time streaming video.
Gaming News

Who Tunes Into Digital Music? Women, According to Nielsen

Media metrics firm finds that the majority of visitors to music news and listening sites are women...and they aren't young adults, either.
Computing News

Amazon Drops Kindle Price, Adds International Capability

Amazon has dropped its Kindle reader down to $259, and has announced a $279 edition with U.S. and international wireless capability.
Emerging Tech News

Amazon to Fork Out $150,000 For Unbooking Kindles

Amazon.com has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a class action suit over removing books from Kindle devices without owners' knowledge or consent.
Emerging Tech News
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Adobe Issues Security Updates for Flash, Warns on Adobe Reader

Adobe has a security update to deal with zero-day vulnerabilities in Flash Player...but Acrobat and Adobe Reader have to wait until the end of June.
Computing News
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Google Voice Leaves Beta

It's taken a while, but Google has officially taken Google Voice out of beta and made it available to U.S. users.
Computing News

Verizon Wireless Expands Netbook Offerings with Gateway LT2016u

Wireless carrier Verizon dives deeper into the netbook business with the Gateway LT2016u, featuring a 10.6-inch display and Verizon 3G connectivity.
Computing News
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Bing takes over number-two search engine rank worldwide

Microsoft's Bing has finally unseated Yahoo from StatCounter's number-two search engine ranking worldwide...with a whopping 4.37 percent.
Computing News
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Nokia, Apple Make Mobile Ad Moves; Yahoo Expands Bing Testing

Nokia is acquiring mobile analytics firm Motally while Apple shuts down Quattro Wireless; meanwhile, Yahoo is ramping up its use of Bing to power searches.
Phones Mobile
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Microsoft Starts Putting Bing Behind Yahoo Search

It's been a year in the making, but Microsoft is finally starting to test drive powering Yahoo searches with Bing.
Computing News
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Comscore: Bing Gaining Ground in Search

Metrics firm Comscore shows Microsoft's Bing gaining ground in the U.S. search market...although Google is still way, way out in front.
Computing News
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Bing Works to Bring Entertainment Front and Center

Microsoft's Bing search engine now goes to extra effort to bring movie, music, TV, and gaming content to users.
Computing News
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Bing Search Gets Social with Facebook

Microsoft's Bing is getting more social: it's the first search engine to include Facebook updates and shared links alongside search results.
Computing News
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Hitwise: Bing Lost Share to Google in April

New figures show Google gained two percent of the U.S. search market in April...and Microsoft's Bing lost the same amount.
Computing News
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Nielsen: Bing Gained Search Share in February

Nielsen has released its U.S. search market figures for February 2010: Bing is up, and (surprisingly) Google is down.
Computing News
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Facebook Drops Microsoft Ads, Picks Up Bing

Facebook has cut short a banner advertising deal with Microsoft...but Microsoft remains the search provider, and Bing features are on the way.
Computing News
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Microsoft Shortens Bing Data Retention to Six Months

In a move to protect user privacy, Microsoft has announced it will purge IP addresses after six months, rather than eighteen.
Computing News
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Comscore: Google Still Growing, Yahoo Still Shrinking

The search engine wars are still on, and while Microsoft is seeing an uptick in its search share...it mostly seems to come at the expense of partner Yahoo.
Computing News
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Microsoft and Yahoo Finally Tie the Knot on Search

It's been (many) months, but Microsoft and Yahoo have finally dotted the i's and cross the t's on their search deal.
Computing News
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Microsoft Looking to Buy Fox, Others Away from Google Deals?

Microsoft may be looking to enhance Bing's search share...by paying newspapers and content providers to opt out of Google.
Computing Deals
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Bing Partners with Wolfram Alpha

Microsoft is tapping into Wolfram Alpha to bring search users nutritional information...as well as some serious help with math homework.
Computing News
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StatCounter: Bing Holding Steady, but Yahoo is Slipping

Media metrics firm StatCounter finds Bing is holding onto its search audience, but Google continues to grow...mostly at Yahoo's expense.
Computing News

StatCounter Shows Bing Losing Search Gains

All eyes have been on Microsoft's Bing as it tries to take on Google in search...but now StatCounter finds some people may be done looking Bing over.
Computing News
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Microsoft: XP Users Targeted by Zero-Day Exploit

It's taken a month, but attackers are now fully exploiting a flaw in Windows XP's Help Center publicized by a Google engineer last month.
Computing News
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Microsoft Eases Windows 7 XP Mode Hardware Requirements

Windows 7's XP Mode no longer requires hardware virtualization, meaning more Windows 7 users will be able to run older XP-only software.
Computing News
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Windows 7’s XP Mode Will Be Ready to Rock October 22

It's back...but then it never really went away. Microsoft has announced that its Windows XP Mode will be available for Windows 7 on October 22.
Computing News

iHome iP88 Doubles Up with iP88 Dual Docks and Dual Alarms

iHome's iP88 isn't just an alarm clock/radio with an iPod dock: it's got two iPod/iPhone docks and two alarms.
Emerging Tech

IBM Takes on Gmail with Web-based Corporate Email Service

Web mail has been around almost forever, and Google's Gmail is over five years old: now IBM hopes to woo business customers an affordable Web-based email service.
Computing News

Nvidia Dives Deeper into Supercomputing with Fermi

Everyone knows GPUs do some serious number crunching, but Nvidia is pretty much convinced its ready to take on traditional supercomputers...at a tenth the cost.
Computing News
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Monster Goes Gaga for Heartbeats Earbuds

Monster's new Heartbeats earbuds weren't just "style-checked" by Lady Gaga: she created the design. And they do look painful.
Emerging Tech News
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Cisco to Spend $3 Bln on Videoconferencing Company Tandberg

Cisco is sinking its teeth deeper into digital video, making a $3 billion offer to take over Norwegian videoconferencing outfit Tandberg.
Audio / Video News

Sony’s PSPgo Hits Store Shelves

Sony's PSPgo portable gaming systems is on sale now, sporting a 3.8-inch screen, 16 GB of storage...and no UMD disc drive.
Gaming News
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